- At the Movies - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Explore the changes in movie and theater prices.
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- Back-to-school Supplies - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Help calculate the total bill for these back-to-school supplies.
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- A Barrel of Fun - Lisa Lavelle
Elementary, difficulty level 3. How much apple juice did the man keep?
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- The Big Balloon Blowup - Leon Roland & class
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Help Ulrike and Lars determine the number of balloons in each bag.
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- Birds in Trees - Steve Maurer
Elementary, difficulty level 3. Can you figure out the number of trees in the courtyard?
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- Birthday Beach Bash - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Help determine how many balloons were needed for party favors at the end of this celebration.
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- Building Bouquets - Amanda Knott and the Western Oregon University Mentors
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Help Jana determine how to divide her extra flowers for the flower shop special.
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- Calculator Double Vision - Lisa Lavelle
Elementary, difficulty level 2. Enter a 3-digit number twice on a calculator and use division to get the original number.
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- Choose Your Challenge - Kristina Lasher
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Can Zak find a more precise measure of how much older his brother is than he is?
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- Count the Discount - Kristina Lasher
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. The jacket on the clearance rack is marked down 20% more each day. How much will it cost after 5 days?
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- Crack the Code - Christi Sather and Kristina Lasher
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Help Christi use the clues to figure out which code will unlock the vault.
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- Cupcakes, Cupcakes! - Kristina Lasher & Terry Trotter
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 1. Andrei needs to put icing on the cupcakes and get out the door to catch the bus. Will he and his sister be able to get them all iced in time?
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- Driving Decisions - Kristina Lasher
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Help the Downings decide which car rental is the best option for their trip to Denver.
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- Filling the Freezer - Kristina Lasher
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. How many cartons of ice cream can the Math Club fit in their freezer?
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- Fish in a Barrel - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Find out how many fish Jake, Herman and Luke each took home from their
fishing trip.
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- Five Digits of Fun - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Find a five-digit number based on these clues.
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- Four Playful Mathematicians - inspired by Maria Fung's class at Western Oregon
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Follow the clues to help the four playful mathematicians return the lost watch.
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- Greta's Garden - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Find out how much money Greta made from each of her vegetables at the
Farmers's Market.
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- Hauling Sand - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. How many tons of sand can Marty haul in his dump truck?
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- How Big? - Judy Ann Brown
Middle School, difficulty level 1. The dimensions of my classroom are consecutive multiples of ten. Find the dimensions of the room.
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- How Large is the Patio? - Judy Ann Brown
Middle School, difficulty level 2. The Smiths are putting new flagstone on their patio. How many square feet will the patio cover?
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- How Much Was That Ticket? - Lisa Lavelle - idea suggested by Jody Newman
Elementary, difficulty level 4. Determine how much I spent at the movie theater.
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- Is There Really a Discount? - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Determine which friend is correct about the final price on a sales item.
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- It's an open and shut case! Or is it? - Lisa Lavelle
Elementary, difficulty level 3. A Razzle Dazzle Elementary School locker problem.
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- Jellybean Rectangles - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Have fun figuring out strategy in the Jellybean Rectangle game.
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- Jumping Rope - Leon Roland & class
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Just how long was the rope with which we started?
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- March Madness! - Teaching the Young Learner Class
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Given four clues, figure out which pair of friends won a basketball game.
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- Mini-Movie Theater Seating - Chrissy Stewart (adapted)
Elementary, difficulty level 3. How many rowdy kids can sit in the Mini-Movie Theater?
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- Monmouth Mountain Bikes - Kristina Lasher
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 1. How many mountain bikes will have the highest level of safety testing?
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- Multiplication Mystery - Ya. I. Perelman (translated from Russian by Valentina Sokolskaya)
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Decipher this cryptic multiplication problem to uncover the final product.
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- Nova Scotia Quilt - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Use the area of a rectangular bed quilt to determine its dimensions.
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- Odds vs. Evens - Kristina Lasher
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Can Jerome and Kiya use what they know about probability to make their games fair?
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- The Olympic Distance - Shrawan Khanna & Class
Elementary, difficulty level 4. Determine how many kilometres the Russian Olympic team members will travel in attending the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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- Peanut Butter and Jelly - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. How many sandwiches can we make before using up a package of bread and jars of jelly and peanut butter at the same time?
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- Perfect Apples - Melissa Kennedy
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Of 6000 apples, we have some that are too small, some too green, and others that are bruised. How many are perfect apples?
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- Pondering Palindromes - Mary DeYoung & class
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 1. Explore 4-digit palindromes and find something else they have in common.
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- Pondering Prescriptions - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Help calculate the amount of antibiotic in each dose of my prescription.
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- Presidential Timepieces - Mary DeYoung & class
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Develop a sense of time by exploring presidential events.
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- Rabbit's Run - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 1. Help Regina develop options for building her rabbit's run.
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- Saline Solutions - Lisa Lavelle
Elementary, difficulty level 3. Measure the ingredients needed to mix the saline solutions.
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- Sharing Birthdays - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. How old will Alana be when her mother is three times Alana's age?
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- Special Stars - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Calculate the number of pipe cleaners Leah used to create a Star of David chain.
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- Subway Subtotals - Kristina Lasher
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. When people ride the subway, they can pay with money, tokens, or transit cards. How did the people in my subway car pay their fare this morning?
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- Tangrams - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Discover some of the relationships among the pieces in a set of Tangrams.
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- Teresa's Tiles - Kristina Lasher
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. How many square tiles does Teresa need to cover her bathroom floor?
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- A Very Special Number - Lisa Lavelle
Elementary, difficulty level 2. Find a number with some interesting divisibility properties - can you put them all together?
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- Video Viewing - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Just how much television will Frank and Lisa watch?
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- Water Park Adventure - Leon Roland & class
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. How much does each member of the class need to earn to fund the field trip?
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- What a Move! - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Determine the number of hours it took the movers to move the Lavelles to their new home, as well as the number of man-hours.
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- Wooden Legs - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. How many different ways can Wendy use 31 legs to build wooden
dollhouse furniture?
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